Page A4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 29, 1993

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Bloc(k) party

Perhaps it was a slip of the tongue on the part
of Reform party leader Preston Manning. Yet
there he was, during the first days of the federal
election campaign, talking about sending a
“strong Reform block’’ io Ottawa. A strong
block? Maybe Mr. Manning was thinking of
Bloc, as in Bloc Quebecois.

In what is shaping up as one of the more inter-
esting federal elections in some time, the sugges-
tion of a minority government with healthy rep-
resentation by the Reformers and Bloc
Quebecois is tantalizing, And that leads to
wondering what might happen after the election.

There are strong similarities between the Bloc
and Reform. Each was formed out of a sense of

regional protest. To be sure, the Bloc’s position -

of eventual independence. for Quebec is far more
advanced than is the position of the Reform party
when it comes to the west. Yet Reform has

gathered under its wing most of those westerners
unhappy with the way federal power is control-
led by Central Canada.

You can bet your boots Reform and Bloc MPs
will find themselves sharing common ground in
a minority government on occasion. Even more
significant is that each party probably won't
want to deal with the party that holds power.
‘That again will draw them together on national
issues of common and regional interest.

- Each will want to have an influence on the mas-
sive changes coming to the social and economic
structure of the country. What works in Quebec
could easily work in the west and vice versa.
History is on the side of such a suggestion. The
Social Credit party (the true one, not the B.C. ex-
ample of the Father and Son Bennett and Mr.
Vander Zalm) elected members in the 50s and
60s from the west and from Quebec. Despite the

| Jatiguage differences, and ‘cultural, differences. of,

the two, Social Credit Westand Social Credit
Quebec shared that populism evident within the
Reform party and Bloc Quebecois.

. They say that politics makes for strange bedfel-
‘lows. And an election is the mating dance of
politicians. :

Making money

' Just a few months ago it looked like there
would be total war between the mining industry

and the provincial government. The theme was .

-just'as it was during the last NDP government of

-1972-1975. Miners said taxes and regulations —

‘combined with an anti-business attitude drove
“them.out of B.C. to other places.. a

This time the mining industry went ballistic
over the. decision to lock up the Tatshenshini
area north of here as a provincial park. ‘That put
-an end to any plans to mine the Windy Craggy
‘copper deposit. And that was a sign, said the

‘mining industry, that the NDP was more inter- |

“ested in stopping and not promoting economic
‘development. |

. But the reality isn’t as cut and dry. To be sure
ithere.are mines closing. The north has taken a
-massive kick in losing hundreds of well-paying
‘mining jobs. Yet those closures had everything
‘todo with ore bodies and economics and little to
‘do.with government policies." oo

* Politics’ aside, mining companies will put their
‘money. where they can make a profit. If the
provincial government was as evil as the indus-

“try says it is, would Lac Minerals be spending $7

‘million near Stewart? Would Homestake have
‘started: road construction to its Eskay Creek
property? Not very likely.

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VICTORIA — I'd like to break
away from the doom and gloom
brigade today and talk about
some good news which, like good
help, is hard to came by.

In the big-city papers and on the
“tube, the First Quarterly Report
for the current fiscal year rated
barely a few inches. Too much
bad news that day, 1 suppose, and
anyway. good news, as you
know, is no news,

The report, prepared when Glen
Clark was still minister of fi-
nance, reads like an ode to eco-
nomic recovery. Mind you, we’re
not quite at the point yet where
NDP premier and finance minis-
ter Dave Barrett felt compelled ta

~ gay to the old folks, as senior

citizens were called then, to live
it up-and not worry about the fu-
ture. -

he said. That was back in 1973,
Twenty. years later, his young.
successor, at least in the finance
portfolio, wasn’t quite that reck-
less. Still, the report contains
enough encouraging news to al-
low for cautious optimism.
' Here are some examples;
Revenue in the first quarter
totalled $4.2 billion, an increase
of 11.5 per cent, compared with
ihe same period last year. Clark
said that figure indicated ‘strong
economic growth,’’ but: you
should take that statement with a
grain of salt because a lot of the
revenue gain is due to tax in-
‘creases rather than economic ac-
tivity,
On the other side of the ledger,

By George, I do believe I’ve
pot it - a facsimile recipe for the
delectable brown bread = my
mother used to make.

This recipe produces only two

regular loaves. Mom baked hers_

in three-inch thick round cakes. I
carried one batch to the breadbox

stacked on ‘my arm like a pizza
delivery to a fraternity Rose Bowl

wingding,

Mom used no written recipe, al-
though she probably had.a basic

_ plan memorized, From there, she

improvised, making use of

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government expenditures came to
$4.6 billion, an increase of 6.8
per cent. That figure says two im-
portant things, one good, the
other not so good. =. -s4 >

-¢rease ‘in spending’ was:silbstan-"

tially lower than the increase in

expenditures, but you will notice -

that the government stifl spent
more than it took in. The bottom
line for the first quarter is a

‘deficit of $373. million, consider-

ably less than last year’s $525

million, but obviously still too
high. .

‘In terms of economic growth,
British Columbia is still leading
the ‘country. The forecast is a
growth figure of 3.2 per cent. On
the job-creation side, Statistics
Canada ‘reports’. that British

-Columbia registered 41,000 new

jobs during the first cight months.
of 1993, again the best showing
of all-provinces.

Other economic indicators are

suitable leftovers. Oatmeal or -

cram of wheat porridge, mashed
potatoes, water from boiling
potatoes... All went into her
sponge to subtly: alter and en-
hance flavour and texture. Touch
alone told her when she: had the
right consistency. of:-basic in-
gredients-— white and rye flours,
oatmealand molasses,
_ She. often set-her. sponge the
‘night before, in - a». moister
aluminum dishpan, beating in-

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THROUGH BIFOCALS.
CLAUDETTE SANDECKI

gredients together with a metal
mixing spoon half as blg as a
shovel. She scooped flour with an
oversized blue . enamelled cup
from a flour bin that held up to 50
pounds,

“Punch down the dough”, was -
‘a frequent order. The dough Tose °
_all day, until Mom was ready to-

shape it. She rolled. fistfuls of
‘dough into half inch thick.circles

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Enough doom and gloom

also encouraging. Retail sales
were up 9,4 per cent in the first

_ half of 1993, and urban housing
starts rose by 13.1 per cent during
the first eight months.

Part of British Columbia’s eco-
nomic recovery is due to external
factors. Like it or not, every
country is part of the global econ-
omy, and what happens in Wash-
ington, Bonn and Tokyo is just as
important as anything little old
British Columbia’s government
does. And external developments
have been beneficial to our.econ-

my.

Both Germany and Japan,
whose economies have often been
the bane of our own economic
performance, are experiencing
. trouble. The Yen has risen by
about 16 per cent in value against

which made our goods and ser- -
vices less expensive. a

Much of the export boom was
in the lumber industry which
reporied a 44-per-cent increase in .”
the first five months of the year.

Another bright spot on the ex-.
port front was the 63-per-cent in-
crease in the value of machinery
and equipment exports, Un-.
fortunately, both the pulp and:
newsprint sectors. continued to
suffer from weak demand. —

Now, let’s talk a little about the
government that takes a lot of the
credit for all this good. news. Just
how much. of our economic
recovery is due to: the efforts: of
the NDP government? Some; but’
hot all, ae ;

The NDP’s. preoccupation with
lowering and eventually eliminat-

casey oe othe U.S, dollar, which, means. that-,.ing.the. deficit, is laudable, but ~~ |
‘The good: news-is- that? thé inc aJapaness. exporls .are becoming neshoquld: Bela * givens*withiiany e

“foo expensive. This “gives. us a.:

chance to be more competitive.
-* Germany has: different _ prob-

lems, The unification is proving -

“to be an incredible drain on that
country’s Tesources, resulting in a
shrinking economy — 5.6 per
cent during ‘the first quarter of
1993 to be exact, And that, too,
elsewhere. *

Perhaps the most important ¢co-

-nomic barometer is the level of
exports and here, too, British
Columbia is doing rather well. By
the end of May, 1993, British
Columbia's exports were up 13. 2
per cent, compared with the same
period last year. © ot,

was partly

due to a weak Canadian dollar,

That sharp increase

the size of dinner plates and
reamed the centre with a length of
hollow cow. horn. To aerate the
dough, she punched holes all over
with a nail-studded tool,

The dough discs were spaced
out on a clean bedsheet smoothed
over her bed, covered with a spe-
cial oilcloth, and left to rise again,
On cold winter days, she spread a
light wool blanket over top to en-
courage the yeast.

Once ready to bake, she slid
each cake into the wood heated
oven on a wood wooden spatula,
To serve, cach cake was cut like a
ple into six wedges, split into an
upper and a lower portion,
Topped with butter, maybe
peanut butter and jam, nothing
tasted finer.

‘Every weekend for five weeks

I’ve baked two loaves trying to
modify Aunt Inka’s oatmeal
recipe into a duplicate of Mom’s-
rye. bread. Aunt Inka’s recipe

calls for one cup of oatmeal and:

haif a cup’ of molasses. That

AND

helps as investors are looking -

topped table.

“government, Critics’ say «thatthe
. assault on: ourpocket book“by ~
way of tax and fee- increases
the, board. is° counter-
productive and will not.succeed

across

in driving down the deficit. is
The figures clearly show. that’. =

the critics ‘are wrong, British .~:
Columbia is doing well, accord- =:

ing to all economic. indicators,
What worries’ me. about - this

government. is . the . single-
‘mindedness with which it opera-

tes. oe :
The NDP has been in power for
two years and has not been -able
to articulate any vision for British
Columbia, other than . properly
counting beans. Any party can do
that. I expect a little more from a
government, ,

Now that’s the way to do it :

much molasses makes bread: as ae

brown as dark fruitcake, Next
batch [ experimented with half
molasses, half Karo syzup;. the
caramel] taste of Karo . over-
whelmed. One quarter molasses,
three-quarters _ Rogers .. syrup
proved better, © OU

I also tried substituting ‘half a
cup of bran for an equal amount
of white flour. The result-was a
bran muffin: Replacing the bran
with rye flour improved texture,
color, and flavour. os

At last, my bread laoks, tasies,
and satisfies like‘ Mom's, moist to
the last crumb. "

I realize I’ve been searching for
more. than bread the way my taste
buds remember it from 40 years
ago. I wanted to re-oxperience the ..
cozy fragrance of Mom’s kitchen
as she. retrieved’ mahogany
mounds from the hot oven and sel
them to cool on the linoleum

“With this rearranged’ recipe,

I've come close. =. |

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